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Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan have agreed to launch three new bus services among them under the BBIN motor vehicles agreement, Bangladesh Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said.

The agreement was signed on June 15 in Thimphu, Bhutan, by the transport ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal, www.dhakatribune.com reports.

After the signing, Quader met Bhutan’s Information and Communications Minister Lyonpo Dhungyel and they reached a decision to launch two bus services between Dhaka and Thimphu, the first of its kind between the two countries.

Quader also met Nepal’s Physical Infrastructure and Transport Minister Bimalendra Nidhi and the two decided to launch a Dhaka-Kathmandu bus service.

Quader told reporters that the initial decision to launch three trans-border bus services had been made. Sources said two of the three new bus routes are Dhaka-Thimphu via India’s Joygong and Bhutan’s Phuesoreng, which will pass through Burimari border, and Dhaka-Thimphu via India’s Guwahati and Bhutan’s Samdrup Jongkhar, which will pass through Tamabil border in Sylhet.

The other route is Dhaka-Kathmandu via India’s Panitanki and Nepal’s Kakarbhitta. It will pass through Bangladesh’s Banglabandha border. Road Transport and Bridges Ministry’s Joint Secretary Chandan Kumar Dey said bilateral and trilateral protocols would be needed before launching the new bus services.

He also said valid documents would be needed for vehicles to enter from one country to another. Quader earlier said vehicles crossing the BBIN countries must have insurance coverage and authorised officials can search them.

“They will not be allowed to take passengers while in another country during the journey.”

At present, Bangladesh and India have a bilateral arrangement on passenger movement but Bangladeshi vehicles can enter Nepal or Bhutan through India and vice versa once the new agreement takes effect.

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#Bus #Capital #City Holiday #Tourism #Travel

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Bishkek. Photo credit: www.goista.com

Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, recognized as the cheapest city in the world for foreigners’ residing, ranked last place (207^th) in the ranking of most expensive cities for cost of living, compiled by Mercer – an international consulting company in the field of human Resource, the www.eng.24.kg news agency reports.

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Before it goes the Namibian Windhoek (206), Karachi, Pakistan (205), Tunisia (204), Skopje (203), Banjul (202), Minsk (201).

The most expensive city is the capital of Angola – Luanda. Then goes Hong Kong, Zurich, Singapore, Geneva, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul. Because of the collapse of the ruble, Moscow fell by 41 positions in the ranking, taking 50^th Place.

The index of the most expensive cities is calculated basing on the food basket of 200 goods, the Big Mac Index, the average cost of going to the movies, and the average cost of a standard day stay in the city.

#Angola #Banjul #Beijing #Bisjkek #By #Ferie #Gambia #Geneve #Hongkong #Hovedstad #Hviterussland #Karachi #Kina #Kirgisistan #Luanda #Makedonia #Minsk #Moskva #Namibia #Pakistan #Reise #Russland #Seoul #Shanghai #Singapore #Skopje #Sveits #SørKorea #Tunisia #Turisme #Windhoek #Zurich

#Belarus #Bishkek #Capital #China #City #Holiday #Kyrgyzstan #Moscow #Russia #SouthKorea #Switzerland #Tourism #Travel

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The mayor of Tajikistan’s capital city of Dushanbe has ordered shops to stop selling black clothing for women, in the latest move against Islamic cultural influences in the country, the BBC.com reports.

The Mayor, Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev, wants existing stock to be removed from the shelves because he says it doesn’t fit with Tajikistan’s culture and traditions, the privately-owned Asia-Plus news agency reports.

He has also told officials to prevent women’s garments from being imported if they’re black. The move is being seen as part of a broader government campaign against the adoption of Islamic cultural practices in Tajik society, including women wearing black headscarves.

Dushanbe

In March, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon used a Mother’s Day speech to criticise women who wear “foreign” clothing. Mr Rahmon told a crowd of women’s activists that “strangers” were using the clothes “to create another new extremist trend” in Tajikistan.

While colourful headscarves are considered traditional in the country, black hijabs are frowned upon, according to the agency. Hijabs were banned in schools and universities in 2005. More than 90% of the Tajik population is Muslim, but atheism was officially encouraged during 70 years of Soviet rule.

It’s not just black clothing on officials’ minds, though. The justice ministry wants to amend the law to force parents into giving their children traditionally Tajik names.

“If the amendments get approved, our offices would refuse to register babies with names that are Arabic or foreign to our culture,” ministry official Jaloliddin Rahimov tells the Radio Free Europe website.

#Arabisk #Borgermester #By #Dusjanbe #Ferie #Hovedstad #Islam #Klær #Morsdag #Muslim #Ordfører #President #Radio #Reise #Skole #Tadsjikistan #Universitet

#Arabic #Capital #City #Clothes #Dushanbe #Holiday #Mayor #MothersDay #School #Tajikistan #Travel

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Myndighetene i den gassrike, sentralasiatiske republikken Turkmenistan avduket mandag 25.mai en enorm statue av landets president og statsminister, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, som går under tilnavnet Arkadag – “Beskytteren”.

Den seks meter høye rytterstatuen, som viser presidenten høyt til hest, er støpt i bronse og er dekket med 24 karat gull. Statuen, sentralt plassert i hovedstaden Asjgabat, står på en 20 meter høy klippe av marmor.

Berdymukhammedov. selv en ivrig rytter, var ikke til stede ved avdukingen av statuen. Den 57 år gamle tannlegen og tidligere helseministeren har vært landets president siden 2006, da hans forgjenger Saparmurad Nijazov døde brått. Han kalte seg selv Turkmenbashi – “Alle turkmeneres far”.

#Asjgabat #Bronse #By #Ferie #Gull #Hest #Hovedstad #Marmor #Minister #President #Reise #Statsminister #Statue #Tannlege #Turkmenistan

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Wyndham Hotel Group opened its second hotel in the capital city of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. Dedeman Silk Road Tashkent Hotel was renamed to Wyndham Tashkent, the Focus On Travel News – www.ftnnews.com website reported.

According to the company, the hotel started its work under new brand Wyndham Tashkent from 1 January 2015. The hotel worked under Dedeman Silk Road Tashkent worked in Tashkent from May 2003.

Wyndham Hotel Group has been running hotel Ramada Tashkent (former Park Turon) since 2013.

The hotel is only 8 kilometers (4.9 miles) from the Tashkent Airport in the heart of the modern city. The central business district and many of the exciting restaurants and other attractions are located within just 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) of the hotel.

The city emerged from the devastating 1966 earthquake stronger than ever, completely modernizing its infrastructure in the process of re-building.

The city continues to embrace a forward-looking vision, as evidenced in its towering skyscrapers and competitive universities.

Tashkent’s metro is the only one in Central Asia, and each station features distinctive architecture and décor that reflects the rich cultural and artistic heritage of the region.

This is emblematic of the city as a whole, which is at once resolutely modern and steeped in tradition. Wherever you look there are subtle and not-so-subtle reminders of the past.

Among the wide boulevards of the new city the past occasionally emerges in the form of ancient mosques, madrassas, and bazaars.

#By #Ferie #Hotell #Hovedstad #Jordskjelv #Metro #Reise #Silkeveien #Tasjkent #Usbekistan

#Capital #City #Earthquake #Hotel #SilkRoad #Tashkent #Travel #Uzbekistan

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The Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue, world’s second largest equestrian statue located at Tsonjin Boldog, east of the Mongolian capital city of Ulan Bataar, receives huge numbers of foreign and domestic visitors each year, the www.en.cihan.com.tr news agency’s website reported.

Tens of thousands of people visit the Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue, which is among 100 most wonderful artifacts in the world.

The 40 meter tall statue, which was completed in 2008, was made of 250 tons of stainless steel on the bank on Tuul River. Visitors can go to upper parts through a lift or a stair.

There is also a Mongolian historical museum in the complex.

The statue is one of the leading sources of tourist income in the country.

#By #DjengisKhan #Elv #Ferie #Hest #Hovedstad #Mongolia #Museum #Reise #Statue #UlanBator

#Capital #City #GenghisKhan #Holiday #River #Travel

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Flyselskapet Pegasus Asia, med base i Kirgisistans hovedstad Bisjkek, har startet ny rute til Indias hovedstad New Dehli. Det er avganger fra Bisjkek mandager og fredager.

Selskapet starter også nye ruter til hovedstaden Tasjkent i Usbekistan, til Dusjanbe, hovedstaden i Tadsjikistan og den tadsjikiske byen Khujand, til Jekaterinburg og Novosibirsk i Russland, og til Urumqi i Kina.  

#Bisjkek #By #Dusjanbe #Ferie #Flyselskap #Hovedstad #India #Jekaterinburg #Kina #Kirgisistan #NewDehli #Novosibirsk #Reise #Russland #Tadsjikistan #Tasjkent #Usbekistan

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Leif H.Larsen. Photo: Royal Norwegian Embassy, Islamabad

Norway’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Leif Holger Larsen, died in a helicopter crash in Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan on Friday 8 May.

Press release from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Pakistan – www.norway.org.pk: 

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Thimpu

U Hotels & Resorts-kjeden, med base i Thailand, vil i løpet av andre halvår 2015 åpne et nytt hotell i Thimpu, hovedstaden i kongedømmet Bhutan i Himalaya, skriver traveldailynews.asia

Hotellet får navnet U Ariya Thimpu, og består av 46 rom og suiter av ulike kategorier. Videre får hotellet to restauranter, bar, treningssenter, spa og bibliotek.

#Bar #Bhutan #Bibliotek #By #Ferie #Himalaya #Hotell #Hovedstad #Konge #Reise #Resort #Restaurant #Spa #Thailand #Thimpu #Treningssenter

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Uzbekistan Airways, det nasjonale flyselskapet i den sentralasiatiske republikken Usbekistan, starter i mai i år en ny rute mellom hovedsaden Tasjkent og Minsk, hovedstaden i Hviterussland.

Ruten vil gå hver tirsdag og torsdag, med en Airbus A320.

Kilde: www.ftnnews.com

#Airbus #By #Ferie #Fly #Flyselskap #Hovedstad #Hviterussland #Minsk #Reise #Tasjkent #Usbekistan